THE SPIRIT OF PYTHON

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Spirit of Python

Part 1

The last few weeks the Holy Spirit has led me to expose the

spirit of python in the church today. In this article I want to

explain how this spirit works. What does it looks like? How

do you overcome its power, which could be affecting many

churches, whole regions and individual believers?

I have had several visions of this spirit. One in which I saw a

woman wrapped from her waist up by a large python. The head of the python was

up by her head and whispering in her ear. The snake was constricting, squeezing

and choking the life of God out of her and weighing her down and making it very

difficult for her to be free and rise in the Lord’s presence. I believe that this spirit is

at work in the church today, suffocating the life and fire of God like a blanket and

quenching the Holy Spirit in our lives and churches.

On another occasion I saw the spirit of infirmity as a large snake squeezing a man’s

back and lungs. The Holy Spirit told me to break the power that the spirit of religion

and control had on people, emotionally, spiritually and physically. Many people were

healed of chronic pain and many back and lung conditions. There are many times

when we cast out demons and do deliverance or healing ministry and many

individuals hiss and contort on the floor like snakes. I asked the Lord “Why?” I

believe that after reading this teaching we will understand why the Holy Spirit has

lead me to study and write a brief article on this spirit.

In this article we will look at the history of the ancient city Delphi and the Greek god

Apollo, said to be the son of Zeus. We want to understand the spiritual influence of

the python and where it came from. In this first part of my teaching I want to

establish some historical fact and biblical foundation. “Who is python?” “Where is it

in the bible?” I will then move more deeply into the teaching on how to overcome

this spiritual stronghold. I hope that you are ready for some deep stuff! (smile)

In this article we will also talk about spiritual apathy, depression, control and other

manifestations of this demon. Some of you will find yourselves or church in this

article. I want to do three things in this teaching.

1. Expose the spirit: What is the python spirit?

2. How does it attack and gain entry?

3. How do we overcome this demonic power?

Spirit of Python

The first place that we see this spirit of python and that term is in the book of Acts.

Acts 16:16-19

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a

spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.

This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, "These men are the servants of

the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation." And this she did for

many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you

in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And he came out that very hour.

But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and

Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

In this passage of scripture the spirit of divination is literally translated spirit of

python in the Greek.

Divination

4436 Puthon (poo’- thone)

* From putho (the name of the region

where Delphi, the seat of the famous

oracle, was located) a python, i.e. (by

analogy, with the supposed diviner

there) inspiration (soothsaying) or

witchcraft.

What is Divination? (Div-i-na’shun)

Divination, the art of obtaining secret knowledge, especially of the future, is a pagan

counterpart of prophecy. Careful comparisons of scripture will reveal that

inspirational divination is by demonic power, whereas genuine prophecy is by the

Spirit of God. The biblical attitude toward divination is distinctly hostile. In Deut 18:

10-12, the prophet of Jehovah is contrasted with diviners of all sorts and is set forth

as the only authorized medium of supernatural revelation. (Unger’s Bible Dictionary)

Numbers 22:7

And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of

divination in their hand.

Divination

(Heb) 7081 qecem (keh’-sem)

* From 7080; a lot: also divination, divine sentence, or witchcraft.

Root word

7080 qacam (kaw-sam)

A primitive root; properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by magical scroll; by

implication, to divine:

KJV—divine (-r, -ation) prudent, soothsayer, use {divination}

Deuteronomy 18:10

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to

pass through the fire, or the useth divination, or an observer of the times, or an

enchanter, or a witch,

Enchanter

5172 nachash (naw-khash’)

A primitive root; properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to

prognosticate.

This spirit of python is the inspiration (source) of witchcraft and divination. To

understand the working of this spirit let us look at the famous oracle of Apollo in the

ancient city of Delphi. I believe that in this region where Paul ministered, Acts 16:16,

in the heavens and the spiritual climate stilled ruled a spiritual stronghold and

influence of python.

Just like when Paul preached in Ephesus, there still was a spiritual battle with the

UN-known gods and the goddess Diana (Acts 19:34-41). It was there that a riot

broke out against Paul because of their worship of Artemis the Greek goddess, sister

to Apollo. What happened in this city with the possessed slave girl was a natural

picture and manifestation of the ruling spirit in the region that went back thousands

of years. Lets look at some of the spiritual history surrounding this region to

understand this spirit of python.

The Famous Oracle (History of Delphi)

In Greek mythology, Python was a serpent that dwelt in the caves of Mount

Parnassus and was slain by the Greek god Apollo, who then founded the sacred

oracle at DELPHI or took it over from Python's guardianship.

The Pagan Oracle of Delphi was located about 75 NW of Athens on the Corinthian

Sea 5 miles inland and 10 miles south of Mount Parnassos' (Parnassus) summit.

There on the sharp, Parnassus Mountain cliffs, at nearly 1900 feet above the

Corinthian Gulf, where the sacred spring, Castalia flows into the Cephissus River,

two spectacular crags form a ledge.

the Pagan temple of Apollo was located. Steps at one corner reached the lower level

of the Temple and it is said that intoxicating fumes rose from a cleft in the floor near

the center of the chamber, which were believed to be the smell from the decaying

Python, which Apollo is said to have killed. It was on Parnassus that the sacred

Stone of Rhea landed when Cronus disgorged it.

Centuries before the birth of Christ devout pilgrims made the arduous trek to Delphi

to ask for advice from the famous Oracle. City-states made generous contributions,

some even establishing treasuries on the site. For more than six centuries, until the

Christian emperor Arcadius in 398 CE destroyed the shrine, Delphi truly shaped the

history of the world.

Tradition has it that Delphi was found by Coretas, a shepherd boy, who discovered

that his sheep and goats acted strangely when they approached the area and he

himself soon began uttering prophetic statements which came true. However, the

priestesses of Daphoene gave oracle at Delphi during Cretan times, which were at

least 200 years and possibly 400 years before Apollo. The shepherd, Coretas,

obviously did not discover the sight, but rather he uncovered the secret to the

priestesses of the Serpent Oracles of Mother goddess who presided there. Christian

sources assert that the priestess at Delphi (Pythoness) was intoxicated by fumes

escaping from the underground cavern and that she spoke gibberish which had to

be interpreted by the priest; and further that the questions had to be formed so as

to receive a "yes" or "no" answer.

Pythoness - (priestess) any woman supposed to be possessed of the spirit of

prophecy; a witch; familiar spirit.

Pythonism - divination, diving, augury, soothsaying, fortune telling, crystal gazing,

astrology, or and sorcery.

People came from all over the world to receive direction and revelation. The

priestess (pythian) would breath in these fumes that came up from the ground

which some even called the “prophetic spirit of Apollo” to receive their secret

knowledge. Woman priestesses would be possessed much like a medium today and

some say that without control and even in a trance state, speak. The people truly

believed that the god Apollo spoke through the Oracle, merely using her vocal cords

to express his wishes and advice. Witchcraft (divination) was founded on python

worship. This snake was worshipped for thousands of years before Apollo

established his famous oracle and temple and was the very symbol of this region.

One other interesting note about the Greek god Apollo which we know is a demon

that expressed itself as many other strongholds in ancient mythology, was also

known of as the god of healing diseases. I find it very interesting that even today

the natural symbol of medical healing is a serpent and even in Numbers 21 when

sickness strikes the Israelites, it comes with serpents and when God instructs Moses

about the remedy it is a bronze serpent on a pole. Even though in ancient Egypt and

still places today the most commonly worshipped snake is a cobra. I know there is a

connection to infirmity and the spirit of Python.

I believe that this spirit of python has found its strength today in a generation that is

hungry and looking for the supernatural in fortune-tellers, physics, tarot cards

readers, Harry Potter movies, new-age-movement, witchcraft, crystals, satanic

music, mediums on TV, false religions, TM mediators and more.

There is even a mixture in the church today like in King Saul’s day. When there is no

word of the Lord or prophetic vision in the land and we need direction, we

sometimes turn to a false source of revelation like King Saul and call the physic

hotlines or allow our children to watch Harry Potter or pokemon movies. Maybe we

do a little Yoga or still read the horoscopes, there are many forms of witchcraft and

Christian control, manipulation and rebellion in the church today.

1 Samuel 15:23 (AMP)

For rebellion is of the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim

Spirit Of Python

Part 2

I took the first part of this teaching to discuss “Who is the spirit of python?” I

wanted to establish a biblical foundation and talk about where this spirit came from

and where it was in the bible.

In this article I want to share more details about how this spirit operates and what

we can do to overcome its power. I believe that the spirit of python works with the

spirit of Jezebel. We know that Jezebel not only uses witchcraft, but also promotes

and sets a platform for the false prophets of Baal and witchcraft in the land. I

believe that this spirit serves the agenda of Jezebel and is the source of all-demonic

divination and witchcraft. People today are deceived by the increase of the

supernatural and some would say, "What is wrong with a psychic or a medium?”

People would say, “Todd what about the proven track record of many psychics and

how they have even helped solve police crimes and bring hope to ones whom have

lost a loved one?” I believe that many psychics and those who practice various forms

of divination may be true in many of their predications and even accurate in their

prophetic readings. Even in Acts 16 the possessed girl spoke the truth about Paul.

Acts 16:17

"This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, ‘These men are the servants of

the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.’"

But look at what God says in

Deuteronomy 18:10

“There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to

pass through the fire, or the useth divination, or an observer of the times, or an

enchanter, or a witch.”

God alone is the source of all prophecy and revelation. It was not so much what the

slave girl said that was wrong but the spirit in which she spoke.

Deuteronomy 18:11-14

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For

all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these

abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. Thou shalt

be perfect with the LORD thy God. For these nations, which thou shalt possess,

hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy

God hath not suffered thee so to do. God has established himself the true source of

revelation.”

Python History

I believe to better understand how this python spirit attacks believers and the

church today; we need to understand some physical facts about this snake before I

bring it into a more spiritual understanding.

Python - A genus of very large, nonpoisonous snakes of Burma, Indo-China, India,

Mexico, Asia, Africa, the tropics and beyond. These snakes are known to crush their

prey to death and kill by suffocation.

There are several different types of pythons and some of these larger pythons are

often confused with the boas. Its various species are found throughout the tropics of

the world. Some have been reported to be 30 feet or more and 200 - 250 in pounds.

Adults are typically between 15 and 20 feet long. However different geographic

individuals have different lengths, some as small as 10 or 12 feet, and others, which

will grow to over 20 feet. Adult retics are very large powerful snakes. It is not

uncommon to see a python that is over 20 feet to weigh 200-250 pounds. A typical

15-foot python will weigh between 70 and 100 pounds.

Killing of the prey happens by

constriction and suffocation. When a

python has you in it's grip each time

you breath the grip tightens with

each breath. Some have said the

death process is slow, and when a

python has you in its grip the only

way to kill it is by cutting off its

head.

When the python attacks, one or

more coils of the body are thrown

around the victim, following up the

stroke of the head, and the powerful

body muscles apply pressure. The

pressure exerted by a large python

must be terrific. The prey is killed,

however, by suffocation rather than

by any actual crushing of the ribs.

In the Hellenistic belief, a python

was a spirit, which possessed certain

persons and prophesied unknown to

them through their mouths like a ventriloquist without control of the body.

(Encyclopedia Britannica)

In the literal Greek and Hebrew translations a serpent is:

Serpent: 5175 from 5172; a snake from its hiss, a serpent; a hiss, i.e. whisper a

(magic) spell; gen. To prognosticate; certainly, divine, enchanter, enchantment,

learn by experience, indeed, diligently observe.

How A Python Attacks

Control

This spirit wants to keep you from doing what God wants you to do. This is achieved

best by the strategy of spiritual apathy. Python wants to quench through suffocation

the life and breathe of God from your lungs and crush your hopes, faith, visions and

dreams.

Proverbs 29:18

“Where there is no vision the people perish.” (Become lazy and complacent)

If the devil can crush your hopes, faith, visions and dreams than you will not have

the fire you need to "press on to the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."

The devil wants to get your drive, motivation and fight. This is achieved in many

different ways. One in which the devil will whisper in your ears lies, accusations,

condemnation, fear and unbelief.

Like that vision I saw of a woman wrapped from her waist up by a large python, the

head of the python was up by her head and whispering in her ear, the snake was

constricting, squeezing and choking the life of God out of her and weighing her

down and making it very difficult for her to be free and rise in the Lord's presence.

In Psalm 74:14 it talks about cutting the heads of the sea serpents and feeding it to

the people in the wilderness. I believe that if we don't cut off the head, the speech

center and authority of python (words), than we to will come under the spirit of

apathy and despair closely linked to depression and the spirit of heaviness. The devil

always attacks us with words like in the Garden of Eden in Genesis 3 the great

question. "Has God indeed said?” The devil is always casting doubt and suspicion on

God’s word, and if we listen long enough we to will be deceived of our inheritance

lose heart and give up.

Spirit of Python and Drugs

I have also found the work of control on several occasions when dealing with those

bound with addictions, particularly smoking or drugs, that a spirit of python binds

them. Especially those who have used the hallucinate drugs, like LSD (acid) or magic

mushrooms and PCP also called angel dust. During the oracle at Delphi formerly

(pytho) the priestess would even use a leaf called the laurel leaves a mildly

poisonous plant taking in small amounts that produced prophetic hallucinations at

the place of the oracle. This would be true in the scripture as well for the root word

for medicines, pharmaceutical is found in sorcery (witchcraft).

Sorceries in the Greek is translated pharmakeia ( far-mak-eye-ah) Strong’s 5331

compare, "pharmacy and pharmacist"

Generally described as the use of medicine, drugs, or spells. Later the word was

used of poisoning, and then of sorcery, accompanied by drugs, incantations, charms,

and magic. We have seen this spirit at work in those who have received treatment

for healing by pursuing the ancient arts of magic or different divination to alleviate

pain.

Many times when casting out the demons of addiction it is necessary to break the

spirit of python controlling them. At times when we have cast out spirits of

addictions, we have had to break the power of python, especially when the spirits

manifest and come out with choking and gagging, some even feel a constriction or

tightness in the chest and feel like they are being choked. Even when I received

deliverance on one occasion from the spirit of sorcery because of my involvement in

drugs, especially with hallucinate drugs like LSD (acid) or magic mushrooms and PCP

also called angel dust, I was bound by a spirit of death and manifested the spirit of

python. The last demon to be cast out of me was death.

Vision of Apathy

I recently saw a vision of the spirit of apathy in North Dakota. In this vision I saw

large smog like cloud. It was like being in Chicago, New York City or some major

metropolitan city. I saw a lingering dark cloud of pollution hanging on to the horizon

just above the skyline. The Lord said that was the spirit of heaviness in. Isaiah 61:3

It was like a spiritual cap in the spirit realm so God's people could only climb so high

in the spirit. It manifests with a sluggish weight during worship and weighed heavy

on the countenance of the people in the meeting. I saw hopelessness and despair in

their eyes. Python attacks in this way, squeezing the life, breath and joy of the Lord

from our lives. It was even difficult to feel the Lord’s presence and I felt like I had to

continually challenge the people to be hungry for God and that God could use them

regardless of what they have been through. Imagine in the natural carrying around

a 200-pound snake on your shoulders and how that would weigh you down and

make you sluggish. One of the devils number one attacks is hopelessness, despair,

discouragement and depression; it weighs you down and makes us tired. When I

asked God about the vision and where it came from I saw the spirit of python.

Recently in a meeting in New Jersey I saw a woman who came into the service, who

had been in the worship ministry some 27 years, was healed of a tumor in her leg.

But better than that, I had a vision of a demon, like a monkey sitting on her right

shoulder. The Lord said, “Get that monkey of her back.” You know the expression of

someone carrying a burden around like a constant monkey of grief and regrets. This

spirit was whispering in her ear all kinds of lies, torments, accusations,

condemnation, depression, and despair. After I cast the demon out, not only was

she set free from the depression and she was also filled with the Joy of the Lord. I

also said to her that in the past when she had gotten up in the morning and would

look out the window, even if it was sunny it was grey to her, her worldview was

grey. I told her prophetically that tomorrow it will be sunny in the spirit and in the

natural and that there will also be another natural sign of her healing and

deliverance, a singing bird in the tree to greet her outside her home in the morning.

To the woman's amazement the next morning, not only did she wake up feeling the

weight and burden lifted, but she also saw a bird in a nest outside her window

signing! She would receive a fresh anointing for the song of the Lord!

Python and God’s Promise

Recently I was also ministering in San Jose, California

and I saw a vision of a spirit in the region. I asked the

Lord how it was manifesting, and he told me it was

choking and had a tight grip on peoples hearts, a

sense of grief, crushing and squeezing the life of God,

faith, vision and hope out of the prophetic promises

given to us from the Lord.

In the hearts of the people were discouragement and

spiritual apathy because hope deferred had made the

heartsick and a sense of defeat and impossibility had

set in the hearts of the people concerning, taking the land. The spirit was the power

of python’s influence in the region weighing heavy upon the hearts of the people.

At that time the Holy Spirit showed me out of the book of Numbers 13 when the 12

spies were sent in to spy out the land of promise, they returned with a bad report

because of the giants in the land.

Numbers 13:32

“And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the

children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a

land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are

men of a great stature.”

Numbers 13:22

“And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai,

and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. Their hearts had melted at the giants of

Anak in the land.”

And they said;

Numbers 13:28"Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the

cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.”

They also said:

Numbers 13:33“And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the

giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their

sight.”

Even though God had promised in:

Numbers 13:2 “Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I

give unto the children of Israel.” It was a done deal God promised, but because of

their perspective of the situation and the way it looked in the natural. Fear and

discouragements gripped their heart and they got into unbelief at Gods promise and

did not enter into the prophetic promise. Just like us today, we have several

prophetic promises and we fail to enter because of discouragement and our

perspective of our circumstances. This is the way the spirit of python crushes our

faith, vision, hope and dreams. Through discouragements he causes depression, a

sense of hopelessness and despair. Depression and the spirit of heaviness brings

infirmity, defeat and sickness.

Proverbs 29:18 “Where my people have no vision, they perish or become lazy and

complacent is the word here.”

Spiritual apathy is no fight or drive to possess the promises of God.

Remember that the strategy of the spirit of python is to crush and suffocate the fire

and life of God, using constriction and squeezing hope out of our hearts. Python

wants to choke out the promise through strangling, using the power of hopelessness

and discouragement.

The very Hebrew translation of the word Anak for the giants in the land is: To choke

as with strangulation using a necklace. Sometime we come to such a place in the

warfare associated with this spirit, and its slow death process, and constant feeling

of weighing down. We want to commit suicide to end the pain.

Spirit of Infirmity and Death

Part 3

The spirit of python is also closely linked to the spirit of

infirmity and death. Remember in the first article and

how in ancient mythology the Greek god Apollo was

the god of healing disease. I established earlier a close

link in some countries even to this day, where the

python or cobra is looked to for healing. We see this

spirit at work in those who have received treatment for

healing by pursuing the ancient arts of magic and divination to alleviate pain. When

a python has you in its grip, its intent is death and it can be a slow process.

I also find this spirit of python at work when dealing with individuals that have come

from a controlling or out from under a religious relationship, or background where

witchcraft and manipulation were used. I also see this spirit at work in those who

have been plagued with a lifetime of infirmity or frequent bizarre and freak accidents

(sometimes frequent car wrecks) or near drowning, traumatic situations. Some even

come under attack at night with choking manifestations around their throat. This is

the work of the spirit of death and python. I also find this spirit at work, quite often

in those who return from the mission field after ministry and they encountered a lot

of resistance and witchcraft. Sometimes individuals find themselves drained of all

their strength and weakened spiritually and physically from dealing with this spirit

especially after overseas ministry and the spirit of divination at work in those

countries is so strong. Many find themselves and homes battling with infirmities or

even bizarre accidents after overseas ministry.

Word Curses

Many times recently I have received words of knowledge to pray for pastor’s wives

or those battling, with fatigue or sickness in their body after returning from the

mission field, or even keeping them from the ministry God has called them to. Some

battle with fibromyalgia or chronic pain and fatigue. Many times it has been the

spirit of python at times released by those in the church, even other woman

speaking death words and curses behind her back, slander, judgments and critiscm.

They say in America today, that pastor’s wives suffer one of the most stressful jobs.

We can control atmospheres or peoples lives with the words and intimidation that

come out of our mouths or even our presence. It is like divination. I remember being

around those at times who carried intimidation, manipulation, and even those strong

in the spirit. There would come off of them a sense of control and I found myself

afraid and quenched with fear in their presence. This isn't just witchcraft but the

spirit of python, I would be robbed of the very life of God and afraid to say anything

that would challenges the authority, I just felt shut down in their presence.

Proverbs 18:21

“For life and death are in the power of the tongue.”

After we broke the power of the death words and rebuked the spirit and affect of

python and fear over the lives of those who had been dominated and even abused

by fear and control, they were set free, and the pastor’s wives were released to fulfill

Gods call.

Python in Mexico

One time recently as I ministered in Mexico after a successful night of meetings, I

was attacked in the spirit in my hotel room by witchcraft. I felt the presence of the

spirit of divination as a person, like a woman trying to enter my room. (Maybe astro-

projection or something) The Lord told me it was the witches in my meeting that

night in Mexico releasing curses against me. The Lord had me share this experience

the next night and publicly rebuke the spirit of witchcraft and people would be set

free. At the end of the night as I prayed and said, “In the name of Jesus spirit of

divination go.” Just then 11 demon possessed people fell to the floor in their seats

and had to be carried to the front. By the time it was over some 20 people had

demons cast out and most were on the floor manifesting like snakes and hissing.

Some of those who were set free were known to practice witchcraft and were saved.

There is also a strong link in scripture to physical infirmities and depression.

Remember the second vision I had of the spirit of python where I saw the spirit of

infirmity as a large python squeezing a man's back and lungs. The Holy Spirit told

me to break the power that the spirit of religion and control has had on people,

emotionally, spiritually and physically and he was healed, as were many others.

Depression

Remember one of the strategies of this spirit is to discourage, trodden down, which

opens the door to depression and depression infirmity and sickness. The ministry of

the Holy Spirit in

Isaiah 61:3

“Appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil

of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they

might be called Trees of righteousness.”

Proverbs 4:23

“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.”

Your heart is the seat of your emotions. What the bible is saying is that with all

diligence we need to protect and our mind, will and emotions because it is the seat

for everything that happens in our lives.

The devil does not just want to harm your body, but wants to break your spirit

through the work of depression. It says in

Proverbs 14:30

”A sound or tranquil heart is life to the body. (A heart at peace or rest)”

We need to have a sound heart, and be full of the peace of God that surpasses

understanding. Satan wants to disturb the peace in our hearts through anxiety,

personal destruction, financial problems, strife in the home, gossip, co-workers,

words of condemnation, lies, discouragement and unbelief, crushing our hopes,

faith, vision and dreams.

Proverbs 29:18

“Where there is no vision the people perish.”

They become lazy and complacent just like spiritual apathy. He wants to disrupt the

tranquility and soundness of our heart in any way that he can, because there is a

connection between our hearts and sickness. The heart that is not joyful and sound,

which means at peace or rest, is a broken spirit. When your spirit is broken, it is

open for the enemy's attack with sickness or disease.

Proverbs 15:13,15 ”A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of

the heart the spirit is broken. All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a

merry heart has a continual feast.”

Proverbs 12:25

”Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad.”

Proverbs 17:22

“A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones. We can

see that Depression is connected to all kinds of infirmity and sickness.”

How This Spirit Works

I find this spirit at work today in the church in many different ways.

1. As a Christian, some of you have even innocently given your self to any kind of

divination and control or witchcraft. Maybe you have called a physic or read your

horoscopes, we need to repent of all involvement in any form of divination or

sorcery.

2. Before you were saved you may have been involved in one or many various forms

of divination and you still haven't renounced the power connected to all witchcraft

specifically.

3. Generational witchcraft in your family, someone close to you or even in your

home may be involved in or searching for answers in divination.

4. Ask the Lord if there is any witchcraft or divination directed at you, especially if

you have come under attack since the mission field and break its power in spiritual

warfare.

5. If you believe in any way that you are battling with the spirit of python, be sure to

repent of any legal hold or lies you believed. We give this spirit power at times

through legal right and open doors in our lives and ministry.

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Inner healing (DET), Marriage Dynamics and Trauma Debriefing workshops are presented anywhere in SA and Namibia on invitation over 2 days. (R250 per person minimum 20 persons)

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Berading opleiding tot Bachelor of Counselling (B.Couns) en Honeurs in Christelike Berading.

Innerlike genesing (DET), Huweliksdinamika en Trauma hantering (Debriefing) werkswinkels word enige plek gehou in SA en Namibië op uitnodiging oor 2 dae (R250 per persoon, minimum 20 persone)

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